Clothes-pounder



(No Model.)

W. E. KINNEAR.

GLOTHES POUNDBR. t No. 263,917l Patented Sept. 5, 138 2.

` i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. KINNEAR, OF FREMONT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO) OOLLIN FORD, OF GINCINNATI, OHIO.

CLOTHES-POUNDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,917, dated September 5, 1882.

Application filed June 26, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. KINNEAR, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residingat Fremont, in the county of Sandusky and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful' the cyli'nders are coiled springs af, the upper ends of which bear against the handle a and their lower ends against pistons attached to the pounder-plungers, as shown.

Secured to the lower ends of the cylinder A, the apex of which projects into their ends, are cones B, as shown. -The cones have perforations b in their apexes, and within the cylinders, a short distance above the apex of the cones, are arranged disks b', which are provided with central holes, '112, for the passage of the plunger-rod, as shown.

D are movable cones, smaller in size than the cones B, and are arranged to operate wit hin them. Through their apexes are secured the plunger-rods d, which operate within the cylinders A, passing through the disks b', and are provided at their upper ends with pistons d', against which press the spiral springs al, as shown. Around the apexes of the cones D are perforations e12, which allow the air to escape from its interior into the apex of the cone B, and thence through the holes b into the lower portion of the cylinder. The holes d2 have valves d3 arranged over them on the outside of the cone, to prevent the return of the air after being expelled from its interior.

In the operation of the pounder the springs 4 5 a' keep the cones D projccted out of the cones B when the device is not pressed upon the clothes. When the pounder is pressed upon the clothes, the cones D, striking them first, are forced up into the cones B against the tension of the spring a', which compresses the air in thespace between the cones and forces it up through the holes b into the cylinder Abelow the disks b'. The air. in the cones D is also compressed by the clothes bulging up unto 5 5 them, and is forced through the holes dz, and

`thence through the holes b into the cylinderspace. The quantity of air in the space will cause it to bevery much compressed, and when the pounder is raised from the clothes the suction of the clothes, aided by the spring a', forces the cone D out of the cone B. This creates a partial vacuum in the space between the cones and causes the airin the cylinder-space to rush out and drive the water in the cones B through the clothes, which aids materially the operation of Cleaning them.

WhatIclaim is- The cones B, secured in the bottoms of the cylinders A, their apexes projeoting into them, and having perforations b, in combination with the tube a and oylinders A, provided with the disks b', the cones D, having perforations d? in their apexes,covercd by valves d3, the rods d, pistons d', and springs a', all arranged to opera-te substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereoflaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' WILLIAM E. KINNEAR.

Witnesses:

BYRoN R. DUoHow, J oHN R. GREENE. 

